The biological weapons taboo / Michelle Bentley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentley, Michelle, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The non-use of biological weapons has been described as the 'great mystery of biological warfare.' This volume solves that mystery by analysing the bioweapons taboo, in the first comprehensive study of the concept.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Contents

Acronyms

Introduction: The First Horseman

1. A Bioweapons Taboo

2. Measuring the Taboo

3. Codification: Ancient Warfare to the Geneva Protocol

4. Construction: The US Bioweapon Programme

5. Allegation: Korean War

6. Renunciation: Nixon Administration

7. Prohibition: Biological Weapons Convention

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 24, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Bentley, Michelle The Biological Weapons Taboo

ISBN:

0-19-199654-8

0-19-889216-0

0-19-889217-9

OCLC:

1395076487